The community initiatives that helped make composting a reality in New York are facing possible budget cuts, and advocates say their loss will be devastating.
Tag: Compost
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What Endures After a Climate Activist’s Suicide: Grief, Anger and Hope
Five years ago, David Buckel violently ended his life in a public park in Brooklyn. People who knew him were shocked and angry. Yet they refused to give up.
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Mandatory Composting Is Coming to New York City: What You Need to Know
The program, which has already rolled out in Queens, requires residents to separate food scraps and yard waste from their trash. Brooklyn is next.
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New York City Residents Will Soon Have to Compost Their Food Scraps
The City Council is set to pass a bill on Thursday requiring New Yorkers to separate their food waste from regular trash, with mandatory composting coming to all five boroughs by next year.
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How New Yorkers’ Food Scraps Get ‘Digested’ to Provide Gas for Homes
So far, nothing from the city’s curbside composting program has been composted. But gas produced by the scraps is now consistently flowing into pipelines to serve homes.